Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
tchau
  
bye
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
portugais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative